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The whole last third of the book makes waaay more sense when you think of it as an MMO backstory: - Two factions (literally, red and blue) with mostly the same
by RangerScience 10y ago
The whole last third of the book makes waaay more sense when you think of it as an MMO backstory:
- Two factions (literally, red and blue) with mostly the same but kinda different everything
- Thirteen-plus subspecies of human, with their own unique racial bonuses and skills (chain whip thing!).
- Pristine, empty, Earth-like local, ripe for building...
- ...and with monsters! And treasure!
Right?!
- usrusr 10y agoOr a fanfic playground, where writers are free to reuse the same basic cast of predefined stereotypes without interfering with each other's characters. I think it's typical Stephenson: start with a clearly identifiable grand idea, get wildly sidetracked working towards it until the digressions are something much better, leave a skeletal version of the original idea for the end.